Exploitation rates corresponding to 2021 sardine TACs and TABs

Exploitation rates corresponding to the initial 2021 sardine TACs and TABs were estimated, with the January 2021 allocations corresponding to an exploitation rate of about 6% on the west component, if all catches ≤14cm were ignored. An increase of 1000t in the >14cm sardine TAB increased this exploitation rate by 128% to about 14%.